bassett one 447 #1 Posted October 10, 2021 i read today that a great street market,called hedgerow market was set for a 6 hour market on division street on oct 9th 12noon-6pm with the road closed to traffic,but failure by amey or scc dont know which failed to close road there for the market could not take place,this must of upset folk,businesess and also the people who spent hours advertising and promoting it,who is to blame? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
AndrewC 301 #2 Posted October 10, 2021 Sheffield City Council have stated that they approved the road closure. No word from Amey yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Man in Crete 101 #3 Posted October 10, 2021 Absolutely disgusting error by scc and/or Amey Just when the city centre could do with a lift They should be recompensing stall owners/ producers who will no doubt have spent much time and money preparing once more the city governors and their subcontractors show they have little idea how to run the proverbial booze up in a brewery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bassett one 447 #4 Posted October 10, 2021 yes there should be money to re-dress the situation,especially where food ect ,was involved ,its awfull Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HumbleNarrator 286 #5 Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, bassett one said: i read today that a great street market,called hedgerow market was set for a 6 hour market on division street on oct 9th 12noon-6pm with the road closed to traffic,but failure by amey or scc dont know which failed to close road there for the market could not take place,this must of upset folk,businesess and also the people who spent hours advertising and promoting it,who is to blame? Good, I'm glad the road didn't get closed. Doing something like this on a public road is ridiculous. Hedgerow market shouldn't inconvenience others. Edited October 10, 2021 by HumbleNarrator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
AndrewC 301 #6 Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, HumbleNarrator said: Good, I'm glad the road didn't get closed. Doing something like this on a public road is ridiculous. Hedgerow market shouldn't inconvenience others. Until a decision is made to pedestrianise Division Street (which I think is almost certainly coming in the next couple of years), then taking 5 hours on 1 Sunday every few months seems like a fair ask. It seems very popular (both this market and the idea of pedestrianisation) among shop owners on the road. I personally rarely use Division Street when it's open to traffic, whereas it tends to draw me in quite often when it's pedestrianised. Edited October 11, 2021 by AndrewC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HeHasRisen 3,371 #7 Posted October 11, 2021 9 minutes ago, AndrewC said: Until a decision is made to pedestrianise Division Street (which I think is almost certainly coming in the next couple of years), then taking 5 hours on 1 Sunday every few months seems like a fair ask. It seems very popular (both this market and the idea of pedestrianisation) among shop owners on the road. I personally rarely use Division Street when it's open to traffic, whereas it tends to draw me in quite often when it's pedestrianised. October 9th was Saturday. But yes I agree, this is hardly a through route so the number of people a closure would have actually inconvenienced is tiny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
AndrewC 301 #8 Posted October 11, 2021 Oops; you're quite right, it was. Still though, like you say, it's never an overly busy street for cars any day of the week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
saywhatnow 33 #9 Posted October 11, 2021 There's a post on Facebook saying that SCC are holding an internal review today to understand why the road closure wasn't put in place by the contractor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
gluedtopc 10 #10 Posted October 11, 2021 Why didn’t they put the market on an existing pedestrian space such as Fargate ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HumbleNarrator 286 #11 Posted October 11, 2021 37 minutes ago, gluedtopc said: Why didn’t they put the market on an existing pedestrian space such as Fargate ? Because they want to spread pedestrianisation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Man in Crete 101 #12 Posted October 11, 2021 24 minutes ago, HumbleNarrator said: Because they want to spread pedestrianisation. Who is this “they” you speak so disparaging about? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...